Well my husband made salads from the toppings bar so my perspective is a bit different
yes, I agree if you don’t need DAS, then don’t use it, problem is with without requiring documentation it’s hard to pinpoint, beyond knowing for sure that there are obviously some people signing up who didn’t need it given the statistical outlier of guest percentage using it
Didn’t these numbers get disproven?
I go back and forth on that. Honestly 8% of people using is not that high given the number of people with disabilities in the US. But anecdotally, people have reported lots of stories of known fakers here. Most likely the people who qualified for DAS and either didn’t use it or didn’t know about it balanced the fakers (probably more than balanced, honestly, as 8% is again a pretty low percentage.)
No, they didn’t.
The 70% is an estimate of some rides some of the time, and includes both the DAS member and their party (so 8% of guests with an average party of 4-5 might be more like 32%-40% of guests).
There was some debate over if that 8% included party members or not but either way DAS users and their party were eating up a significant percentage of popular ride capacity. Numbers vary depending on the merge point ratio but using information given by insiders and CMs it is easy enough to calculate a range and 70% was not farfetched.
One would think but not in America in 2024!
When did Disney say, "Use DAS when you don't need to?"
Well I recall walking into Disneyland a few years back and an adult was walking down Mainstreet with what looked like an Irish wolfhound. The 'therapy pets" thing started to get way out of hand. You need a dog to help because you are visually impaired. Absolutely fine and encouraged. Heck if you are a veteran and suffering PTSD. Sure. But people were bringing their dogs just because they liked having their dogs with them, which is interesting because what if someone has a fear or allergies to a dog, which many people do. How does one "impairment " trump another?
Any true Disney park fan has done this! That’s a shredded lettuce, sliced tomato, pickles and grilled onions with a mustard based dressing please!
Obviously not, because the number one complaint about the accommodations they are trying to use instead is that parties will be split up. That's all I see complained about.
Because it's an impractical requirement in most cases to make much smaller than they have. Splitting up parties is a delicate customer service topic and something Disney would be forced to make exceptions on all the time... making the system even more complex and irregular to enforce.
It just feels to me that this was a decision made haphazardly after someone looked at money lost on Genie+ on a spreadsheet. My prediction is that they are going to have to do some sharp course correction on this one.
I honestly doubt it. People have been saying the same thing about other things they've instituted, But the reality is people eventually get used to the new world order. People will eventually get used to this as well.
I'm certain this wasn't done haphazardly. There is quite a bit of complexity to how this all fits together. Now they may well make some changes, and should if the program can work better.
It definitely wasn't. The service somewhat accidentally grew overtime to accommodate way more circumstances than it was originally intended to. This just brings it back to where it used to be. Which is, essentially, for folks who require caretakers (namely children or severely disabled adults) with developmental/cognitive disabilities. Adults with challenges waiting in line (who are otherwise able) can meet up with their party when it's time to ride.
